embrancher

French

Etymology

From en- +‎ brancher.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.bʁɑ̃.ʃe/

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Verb

embrancher

1. to join or link up
2. to connect

Conjugation

Conjugation of embrancher (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	embrancher
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	embranchant /ɑ̃.bʁɑ̃.ʃɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		embranché /ɑ̃.bʁɑ̃.ʃe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	embranche /ɑ̃.bʁɑ̃ʃ/	embranches /ɑ̃.bʁɑ̃ʃ/	embranche /ɑ̃.bʁɑ̃ʃ/	embranchons /ɑ̃.bʁɑ̃.ʃɔ̃/	embranchez /ɑ̃.bʁɑ̃.ʃe/	embranchent /ɑ̃.bʁɑ̃ʃ/
	imperfect	embranchais /ɑ̃.bʁɑ̃.ʃɛ/	embranchais /ɑ̃.bʁɑ̃.ʃɛ/	embranchait /ɑ̃.bʁɑ̃.ʃɛ/	embranchions /ɑ̃.bʁɑ̃.ʃjɔ̃/	embranchiez /ɑ̃.bʁɑ̃.ʃje/	embranchaient /ɑ̃.bʁɑ̃.ʃɛ/
	past historic2	embranchai /ɑ̃.bʁɑ̃.ʃe/	embranchas /ɑ̃.bʁɑ̃.ʃa/	embrancha /ɑ̃.bʁɑ̃.ʃa/	embranchâmes /ɑ̃.bʁɑ̃.ʃam/	embranchâtes /ɑ̃.bʁɑ̃.ʃat/	embranchèrent /ɑ̃.bʁɑ̃.ʃɛʁ/
	future	embrancherai /ɑ̃.bʁɑ̃ʃ.ʁe/	embrancheras /ɑ̃.bʁɑ̃ʃ.ʁa/	embranchera /ɑ̃.bʁɑ̃ʃ.ʁa/	embrancherons /ɑ̃.bʁɑ̃ʃ.ʁɔ̃/	embrancherez /ɑ̃.bʁɑ̃ʃ.ʁe/	embrancheront /ɑ̃.bʁɑ̃ʃ.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	embrancherais /ɑ̃.bʁɑ̃ʃ.ʁɛ/	embrancherais /ɑ̃.bʁɑ̃ʃ.ʁɛ/	embrancherait /ɑ̃.bʁɑ̃ʃ.ʁɛ/	embrancherions /ɑ̃.bʁɑ̃.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/	embrancheriez /ɑ̃.bʁɑ̃.ʃə.ʁje/	embrancheraient /ɑ̃.bʁɑ̃ʃ.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	embranche /ɑ̃.bʁɑ̃ʃ/	embranches /ɑ̃.bʁɑ̃ʃ/	embranche /ɑ̃.bʁɑ̃ʃ/	embranchions /ɑ̃.bʁɑ̃.ʃjɔ̃/	embranchiez /ɑ̃.bʁɑ̃.ʃje/	embranchent /ɑ̃.bʁɑ̃ʃ/
	imperfect2	embranchasse /ɑ̃.bʁɑ̃.ʃas/	embranchasses /ɑ̃.bʁɑ̃.ʃas/	embranchât /ɑ̃.bʁɑ̃.ʃa/	embranchassions /ɑ̃.bʁɑ̃.ʃa.sjɔ̃/	embranchassiez /ɑ̃.bʁɑ̃.ʃa.sje/	embranchassent /ɑ̃.bʁɑ̃.ʃas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	embranche /ɑ̃.bʁɑ̃ʃ/	—	embranchons /ɑ̃.bʁɑ̃.ʃɔ̃/	embranchez /ɑ̃.bʁɑ̃.ʃe/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

• “embrancher”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.